scart to hdmi?

[Lozza-p]

im looking for a new tv and they all seem to have hdmi sockets and all my stuff is scart is there away to connect scart to a hdmi socket?

 

[Rob]

I'd suggest upgrading your "stuff" tbh

 

[rory182]

You'll find yourself wanting to replace everything to make the most of the higher definition. My old freeview pvr looked ridiculous on an hd tv.

Scart is analogue and hdmi is digital so the results won't be great, pretty sure you can buy cables though. Can also buy analogue - digital converters. Try maplin!

 

[C.J]

What have you got, that needs scart?

 

[DrR]

Most tvs have scart sockets to.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Scart won't get replaced just yet .. my ~2 yr old LCD TV has scarts.

If you have freeview, most TVs have built in tuners now. If you have a VCR, throw it in the bin :rasp:

 

[Jamie]

Do new TVs really not have any scart leads? That's suprising. I'd have thought they would have a mix of scart and HDMI sockets.

 

[Jaff.]

i just bought a brand new Toshiba (which was crap so i swapped it for a...) LG LCD tv before xmas and the toshiba had 2 scart plugs the LG has one so theyre not dead yet...

 

[Lozza-p]

it would be for my xbox and virgin box so needs atleast two most of them ive been looking at have 1 or none

 

[Gaz.]

Get a component or even HDMI cable for the xbox.

 

[DrR]

Could use a rgb for the xbox, is it a 360? If so use hdmi??

 

[SC03OTT]

I'd be going component cable for the Xbox and calling Virgin and seeing if they will do you a deal for a newer V HD (not the V+) box and use HDMI for it. In fact, I think it's £49 for the box and you get all the non-premium HD stuff for no extra charge. They will even give you an HDMI cable.

http://shop.virginmedia.com/digital-tv/set-top-boxes/v-hd-box.html

 

[realnumber 1]

it would be for my xbox and virgin box so needs atleast two most of them ive been looking at have 1 or none

Spend all that money on a new TV and not spending a few quid on an HDMI cable to make the Xbox HD = major fail....
As said ask for a new V box also.

 

[Lozza-p]

Spend all that money on a new TV and not spending a few quid on an HDMI cable to make the Xbox HD = major fail....
As said ask for a new V box also.

well i cant afford to spend loads of money on the stuff ive not won the bloody lotto.

1 step at a time

 

[DannyR]

Hdmi cable is about £2

 

[DrR]

lol HDMI cables are less than £1 on amazon.

 

[Lozza-p]

haha should of read that properly didnt know you could just change the cable :S

well learn something new everyday

the x box 360 is propper old though its one of the orignal ones when scart was all the rage

 

[DrR]

Just look on the back of it.

 

[realnumber 1]

You can get a plug that goes in the old one and turns into hdmi for about £15. Failing that get a component cable for it for around the same price, picture quality will be just as good.

 

[Dink]

didn't the original 360 use a rca to scart converter that was the component lead?

 

[Gaz.]

didn't the original 360 use a rca to scart converter that was the component lead?

Mine is an arcade with a HDD fitted (bought 2nd hand moons ago), and it only came with the Scart adaptor and 3 connector RCA lead (white,yellow,red). I had to buy a 5 connector component lead (2 reds, a white, green and blue) to get HD.

 

[canky]

haha should of read that properly didnt know you could just change the cable :S

well learn something new everyday

the x box 360 is propper old though its one of the orignal ones when scart was all the rage

Vga or component for hd for the old xbox. If you still need scart for any of your devices and have only 1 scart socket just use a scart switcher? But upgrade virgin box as said to upscale your viewing aswell


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[Adam]

Scart, whats that??

 

[DeeKay86]

HDMI owns!

You could also consider VGA for the 360!

Component will only go to 1080i not 1080p, not that you'll ever notice the difference!

 

[Cripple]

HDMI owns!

You could also consider VGA for the 360!

Component will only go to 1080i not 1080p, not that you'll ever notice the difference!

My older 360 is connected up via component and my tv reports that it is receiving a 1080p signal.